About VAJRA

VAJRA (Visiting Advanced Joint Research) Faculty Scheme is a dedicated program exclusively for overseas scientists and academicians with emphasis on Non-resident Indians (NRI) and Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) / Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) to work as adjunct / visiting faculty for a specific period of time in Indian Public funded academic and research institutions. The Scheme recognizes the value of collaborative research as a crucial element for information sharing among researchers for updating and acquiring knowledge and skills, and also to draw different perspectives to solve a shared problem. SERB welcomes accomplished Overseas Scientists to take up challenging research problems in the Indian setting.

इसकेलिएहमनेकईकदमउठायेहै. One of them is that the Department of Science and Technology is launching VAJRA scheme which enables NRIs and overseas scientific community to participate and contribute to research and development in India. Under the scheme an overseas Indian can work for one to three months in an institution in India. And, that too, at good terms औरसबसेमहत्पूर्णहैकिप्रवासीभारतीयइसकेद्वारादेशकीप्रगतिकाएकअहम्हिस्साबनसकताहै।

- Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi

With the introduction of the VAJRA scheme, the Ministry plans to invite top foreign scientists, including persons of Indian origin, to spend up to three months in Indian institutions. VAJRA will not only help India to boost the global ranking of Indian institutions but also draw the best of research personnel to the country.- Minister of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Government of India, Dr. Harsh Vardhan